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Field to Family brings the farm to school<\/h3>\n

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F<\/span>ield to Family supports school gardens, procures local food for school lunch menus and brings the \u201cfarm to the school” in order to help kids learn where their food comes from, connect farmers to schools and encourage healthy food habits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text] Please visit our Farm to Classroom Resource Portal<\/a> to access videos, handouts and more.<\/p>\n

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Local For Lunch<\/h3>\n

Field to Family procures fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey, mushrooms, meat and dairy for school lunch menus and other partners to promote healthy eating, expand access to local foods grown by Iowa producers.<\/p>\n

Field to Family has been procuring local food for Iowa City Community School District since 2011.\u00a0 Since 2018, our Food Hub expanded local food procurement to other school districts, private schools and early care centers. In 2020, F2F’s K-12 local food procurement grew 54% over the previous year, with over 42,000 pounds of food distributed to six school customers. In Fall of 2022, Field to Family began sourcing to 36 school districts, 29 new to Field to Family and new to sourcing local foods for lunch!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Farmer Fairs<\/p>\n

Field to Family Farmer Fairs are in-school field trips where students rotate through five to six hands-on learning activities, meet local farmers, taste freshly harvested foods and more! The goals of these events are to help kids understand where food comes from, increase the amount of healthy food they consume and connect local farmers to schools.<\/p>\n

During the 2018-2019 school year, Field to Family held Farmer Fairs at Lakeview Elementary in Solon, Van Allen Elementary in North Liberty,\u00a0 Grant Wood Elementary in Cedar Rapids and Kenwood Learning Academy in Cedar Rapids. Field to Family had planned several Farmer Fairs for spring of 2020, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”section-dark”]Several Farmer Fair videos and other similar resources are included in our Farm to Classroom Resource Portal<\/a>. Visit these links to learn more.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”3008″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_raw_html]JTNDYSUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIybHYtYnRuJTIwbHYtYnRuLS1kYXJrJTIwbXQtMTUlMjIlMjBzdHlsZSUzRCUyMnRleHQtYWxpZ24lM0ElMjBjZW50ZXIlM0IlMjIlMjBocmVmJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWVsZHRvZmFtaWx5Lm9yZyUyRmZhcm0tdG8tY2xhc3Nyb29tLXJlc291cmNlLXBvcnRhbCUyRiUyMiUzRVZpc2l0JTIwUG9ydGFsJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUwQQ==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/hFQKWYTk4vM” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Support for School Gardens<\/h3>\n

Prior to 2020, Field to Family held an annual free workshop to support school gardeners. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”section-dark”]Several videos for school gardeners and other similar resources are included in our Farm to Classroom Resource Portal<\/a>. Visit these links to learn more.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”3008″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_raw_html]JTNDYSUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIybHYtYnRuJTIwbHYtYnRuLS1kYXJrJTIwbXQtMTUlMjIlMjBzdHlsZSUzRCUyMnRleHQtYWxpZ24lM0ElMjBjZW50ZXIlM0IlMjIlMjBocmVmJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWVsZHRvZmFtaWx5Lm9yZyUyRmZhcm0tdG8tY2xhc3Nyb29tLXJlc291cmNlLXBvcnRhbC1mb3ItZWR1Y2F0b3JzJTJGJTIyJTNFVmlzaXQlMjBQb3J0YWwlM0MlMkZhJTNFJTBB[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/v7psePzw4FI” align=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” c_align=”center” c_icon=”chevron” active_section=”1″ collapsible_all=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”School Garden Archive” tab_id=”1602617459418-a7528fd9-1df8″][vc_column_text el_class=”section-dark”]<\/p>\n